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Breathing
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BREATHING:
The best way to provide rescue breathing is by using the mouth-to-mouth technique.
Take your hand that is on the person's forehead and turn it so that you can pinch the nose
shut, while keeping the heel of the hand in place to maintain head tilt. Your other hand
should remain under his chin, lifting up. Immediately give two slow full breaths, using
the mouth-to-mouth method.
After giving two slow breaths, locate the person's carotid pulse to see if the heart is
beating. To find the carotid artery, take your hand that is under his chin, and locate the
voice box. Slide the tips of your index and middle fingers into the groove beside the
voice box. Feel for the pulse for five seconds. Cardiac arrest can be recognised by
absence of breathing, and an absent pulse in the carotid artery in the neck. If there is
no pulse, you must provide artificial circulation in addition to rescue breathing.
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